Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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Approximately 70 percent of the earth is covered by water. Only 1 percent of this water is drinkable.
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Optical illusions occur when what the eyes see conflicts with what the brain expects.
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Scientists aren't sure what color dinosaurs were.
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Only 12,000 years ago there was a species closely related to modern humans called Homo floresiensis that had been living on an Indonesian Island. They used fire and rather advanced tools, yet were only about 3 feet tall and weighed around 25kg.
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The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth.
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Rafflesia Arnoldii is the largest flower in the world and can grow as big as an umbrella.
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One ragweed plant can release as many as one billion grains of pollen!
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